The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-16
GoULDs COMMON GozHEa
Hsw He Wore Them on His Way to Bust
ness In an Elevated Car.


ness In an Elevated Car.
It has come to be so much the established
custom of rich men to dress like impoverished
clerks that o Sun reporter was good deal In
terested to inspect the clothing Of Jay Gould.
as the garments appeared upon him in Ninth
avenue elevated train. In nearly all respects
he complies with tradition. He had come
down from Irvington in his yacht, and, accord
ing to his habit, tho Atalanta was tied up at q
wharf near Twenty third street. North River.
From there he had walked two blocks to the
elevated railroad station. where he passed the
gateman without paying the regulation
nickel for the privilege Of ride. He met
an elderly gentleman on the platform, who
took good deal Of evident pleasure In sitting
beside the magnate on the way down town.
When Mr.. Gould sat down he leaned back
against the window. crossed his legs, and, tilt
ing his head over toward his friend. began to
talk to him in thoughtful. earnest way, while
he occasionally patted his own knees with q
folded newspaper He had on q modest black
Derby hat that might have been q relic Of last
season. for It was not in the current style. His
oyercoat was unbuttoned. It was a dark blue.
single breasted garment that came down to
edges. in evidence that It had been carelessly
sat upon many, many times. His suit was OF
one sys sse wa made and worn whont rees
was not buttoned: His trousers were Of
iHs YIN. material made apparently for comfort
only. and fastened with buttons at the side.
Of shoe S The
they were blackened, but tho polish looked %
his beard. which shows few gray hairs here
and there, appeared stand-up collar. With
rather lSng points turned dOyn over al, dark
good deal on his mind-the Baltimore and Ohio
telegraph deal was on that very day at its
no way did he show any consciousness that he
might be stared OF ny al persons "a view;
his Ed anS sop sS Gaa
turned and noticed that a beardiess young
tRs VI rs as uaek
from the sheet to the face of the, reader.
anS S%a heR oa hi S tho
over rapidly. giving . oursory glance at several
through, Then he returned It with an absent
Th tn s and as c9 fRs
paper he took from his pocket the only CYL
'dence OF unusual means he displayed on the
trip Q gold,rimmed pair OF eyeglasses at
street he started up and looked inqulringiy out
OF the window;
them spS si s ss sfs down S h ag No.
it's only Barclay"
His tones were soft to q degree that made 1t
lmpossible to imagine him acting as the stern
ployees. He left the train at Cortlandt street
to 60 TO his ONCE In the Western Union build.
from the young mans lap to the floor, whore II
lay unheeded until man on the other side OF
the car said to the young fellow. Do you know
who II was that borrowed your paperp
No. was the reply; who was It p
ais that 30 ~ exclaimed the boy I'm astonish-
ment. as he turned quickly about to get q view
OF the disappearing iinuncier Then he gravely
s st1f2psd and! and picked up the Discarded paper
Nothing could have been palmer than that the
boy was an ambitious novice In the street. that
PfpSE that the m9enate had borrowed fr2p
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